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Eric Jones
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Pentraeth Beach
Rob Farrow
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Minehead Terminus Minehead Terminus is on the Somerset coast overlooking the Bristol Channel. It is a sand and shingle beach resort, ap...
Pam Brophy
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Mumbles Head Beach
Mel Stevens
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Eastney The bathing water is situated in the southeast corner of Portsea Island which is part of the city of Portsmouth. The ...
Philip Halling
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Bude Crooklets Beach Bude Crooklets Beach is situated in the county of Cornwall, 900 meters north west of Bude.
Les Hull
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South Shields South Shields Beach is a resort beach south of the mouth of the River Tyne. It is a gently sloping sandy beach, 1.5 k...
Roger Cornfoot
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Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove Dartmouth Castle and Sugary Cove is at the mouth of the River Dart on the south coast of Devon. It is a sand and shin...
Ron Shirt
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Newbiggin Beach
Pierre Terre
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Bude Summerleaze Beach Bude Summerleaze Beach is in Cornwall 400 meters west of Bude.
Graham Horn
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Bembridge Beach
Alan Fryer
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Machroes Beach
Gordon Griffiths
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Seaham Central Beach
Row
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Porthgwarra Beach Porthgwarra Beach is 2 kilometers south of Porthcurno in the county of Cornwall.
Lewis Clarke 
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Ryde Central Beach
Eric Jones
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Traeth Llydan Beach
Kevin Trahar
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Jersey Marine Central Beach
Ian Capper
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Overstrand Beach
Paul Thomson
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Seamill Beach
Steve Daniels
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Combesgate Beach, Woolacombe Combesgate Beach is separated by cliffs from the main Woolacombe resort beach on the north coast of Devon. It is a sa...
Philip Pankhurst 
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Abbotsbury Beach Dogs are welcome throughout the entire year.
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